Healthy living should be everyone’s top priority. Living healthy is often perceived as expensive, however you don’t need to rob a bank or spend excessively to live healthy.
There are some tips we can adopt daily to improve our health and make us live healthy.
Find some tips to a better health below:
- Increase Exercise:Most people often believe that exercising must be done at the gym. This is just a misconception. Walking for 5 to 10 minutes a day is an exercise on its own. Jump ropes, burpees, sit ups, planks, jumping jack and so on are part of exercises that can be done at home. Dedicating 15 minutes of one’s time to exercise daily or at least 3 times a week help improve one’s overall health.
2. Balance Carbs: Most Nigerian foods have high carbohydrates. This makes it difficult for Nigerians to avoid carbs. However, we can balance our carbs by adding vegetables to our food. For instance, eating white rice with vegetable sauce is an example of how to balance carb.
3. Avoid White. White flour, white sugar, white bread, donuts, and so on. Choose whole grain breads, oatmeal, dried fruits and lesser processed foods. Use honey and dates in place of sugar.
4. Stay Colorful. Isn’t it interesting how the brighter the colour of many fruits and vegetables, the better for you they are? Mother Nature definitely knows what she was doing. Adding different fruits and vegetables to meals can be very colourful and beneficial.
5. Protein Power. Keep healthy protein options around — skinless turkey and chicken breast, beef and seafood, hard-boiled eggs, fish, beans, nuts and seeds. They help build the body.
6. Eat Consciously: When you munch mindlessly at the computer or while watching TV, you tend to eat more and enjoy it less. Eat smaller portions of foods at intervals.
7. Drink Water. Sugary soda, alcoholic drinks, and even supposedly healthy fruit juices are packed with calories. Diet sodas have no nutritional value, so why drink them? A glass of water before eating, gives you a feeling of fullness so you eat less.
8. Snack Better: Learn to like baked chips, not fried. Enjoy fresh fruit of the season rather than sugary snacks. Buy lower fat and sodium popcorn. Enjoy dried fruit, but in moderation because while nutrient and fiber-rich, it is also calorie-dense.
9. Eat Slower. Take the time to chew your food well and you will eat less. Remember, it takes around 15 minutes for our bodies to feel full. You’ll feel better, your food will digest more fully and you won’t feel as bloated.
10. Meditate Mindfully.Take time daily to get in touch with your inner self. Breathe deeply and slowly. Your newfound tranquility will put your mind at ease and smooth out the rough spots of any day.